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| Full name | Bernard Henry Johnson | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Baba Juice [1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 20, 1987 Seattle, Washington, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 180 lb (81.5 kg) | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||
| College team | Stanford Cardinal | |||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Tony Batis | |||||||||||||||||
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Bernard Henry (B.J.) Johnson (born April 20, 1987) is an American swimmer who specializes in breaststroke events.
Johnson was born in Seattle, Washington, and is Jewish. [2] [3] His parents are Sandra and Bernard Johnson, and he has a sister, Roxanne. [2] His nickname is Baba Juice. [1]
He attended Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington, where he graduated in 2005. [2] He swam for Stanford University under Head Coach Skip Kenney, graduating in 2009 with a major in Mechanical Engineering. [2]
At Garfield High School, Johnson was an All-American swimmer during both his junior and senior years. [4] At the 2005 Washington state championship, he finished second in the 100 fly and the 200 IM. [4]
Swimming for Stanford University, in both 2007 and 2008 Johnson was Pac-10 All-Academic first-team. [4] In his junior season in 2007-08, his 2:04.07 time in the 200y breaststroke was the seventh-fastest time for Stanford on record, and his 57.25 time in the 100y breaststroke was the eighth-fastest. [4]
Johnson qualified for the FINA 2013 World Aquatics Championships after he placed 2nd in the 2013 US National Championships in the 200m breaststroke with a time of 2:10.09. He also placed 4th in the 100m breaststroke with 1:00.68. [2] In 2013 his personal best of 2:10.09 at the U.S. nationals led to him being ranked # 2 in the US, and # 9 in the world. [5]
In December 2014 Johnson won the 200y breaststroke at the King Marlin Elite Pro-Am in Oklahoma City with a time of 1:54.10. [6]
As of February 2015 Johnson had recorded the all-time 9th-fastest U.S. time in the 200m breaststroke, and was on the U.S. National Swim Team. [7] In July 2015 he represented Team USA at the 2015 Pan American Games, coming in 4th in the 200m breaststroke and 7th in the 100m breaststroke. [8] [9]
In April 2016, he won the 200m breaststroke in 2:14.16 at the Arena Pro Swim meet. [10] [11]
Johnson was on Team USA at the 2017 Maccabiah Games, having chosen not to compete in the World Trials so he could place his attention on the Maccabiah Games. [12] [13] He won gold medals in the men's 100m breaststroke, with a time of 1:01.27 (a new Maccabiah record), as well as in the 200m breaststroke, with a time of 2:11.60. [14] [15]
From 2013-2015, he swam for Stanford Masters, part of United States Masters Swimming, focusing on the 50, 100, and 200 Breaststroke, and achieved a few top ten age group times. [16]
